The Treatment of Landscape in the Novelists of the Generation of 1898

The Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet Ramón del Valle-Inclán was a major figure of the Generation of 1898, a group of writers that reinvigorated Spanish letters in the wake of the Spanish-American War of 1898, which marked the end of Spain’s colonial empire. Valle-Inclán was one of the most radical dramatists of the early twentieth century and worked to subvert the traditionalism of Spanish drama. Influenced by French modernism and Symbolism, he later moved to more experimental styles and is known for the creation of the ‘esperento,’ an absurd and grotesquely satirical mix of comedy and tragedy. This style expresses the tragic meaning of Spanish life, which Valle considered to be a ‘grotesque deformation’ of European civilization. He held several administrative and teaching appointments, which allowed him to dedicate his life to writing while providing for his wife and five children.

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The Spanish ‘Generation of 1898’: I. The history of a concept

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library ◽

10.7227/bjrl.56.2.10 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 463-491

Author(s):

H. Ramsden

Keyword(s):

Generation Of 1898 ◽

History Of

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Abulia, Nineteenth-Century Psychology and the Generation of 1898

Hispanic Review ◽

10.2307/474109 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 181

Author(s):

Gayana Jurkevich

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Generation Of 1898

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The Generation of 1898 in Spain as Seen through Its Fictional Hero

Hispanic Review ◽

10.2307/469973 ◽

1937 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 361

Author(s):

Otis H. Green ◽

Katherine P. Reding

Keyword(s):

Generation Of 1898

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The Case for Teaching Culture through Neglected Authors: Carmen de Burgos and the Generation of '98

LETRAS ◽

10.15359/rl.2-44.11 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 211-223

Author(s):

Sally W. Thornton

Keyword(s):

Short Stories ◽

Cultural Competence ◽

Present Article ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Woman Question ◽

Literary Works ◽

Teaching Culture ◽

Generation Of 1898 ◽

Carmen De Burgos

Teóricos del campo de la lingüística aplicada sostienen que para estudiantes de segunda lengua, la adquisición de la competencia cultural mejora por el uso de obras literarias. Aquí se propone que al integrar en la clase autores olvidados o marginados se ponen de relieve las ambigüedades, diferencias y contrastes presentes en la cultura predominante. Se ilustra cómo, en dos cuentos cortos de Carmen de Burgos, se plantea el problema de la mujer con todo lo complejo del tema, asunto casi pasado por alto por los autores incluidos en la Generación del '98. Applied linguistics theorists maintain that the acquisition of cultural competence by second-Ianguage students is enhanced through the use of literary works. The proposition of the present article is that by incorporating neglected or marginal authors i n the classroom, the ambiguities, differences and contrasts present in the predominant culture are highlighted. Through the study of two short stories by Carmen de Burgos, the woman question, a subject largely ignored by the Generation of 1898 writers, is set out in all of its complexity.

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